Printer won't print color test bars

I noticed that I was missing a color in a print out so I went to the epson printer utility to clean and run a nozzle check, it kicks out one page immediately and then prints another one but all it prints is FG0853 QP101589.
I unplugged it for 10 seconds and then restarted...still the same. When I go in to check ink levels it is blank. I just updated the operating system security, could this be causing the problem?
Susan

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The
ink reservoir doesnt have to be completely empty to fail. Replace the
cartridges. Some of the jets or all of them may be clogged especially if you
have not used your printer in a while. If there are cleaning instructions in
the manual clean the jets and then try to print from the printer's self test

Hi Good day!! Try to do a printer maintenanceCleaning a Clogged Print Head

1. Press the cleaning button located on the front of the printer. Hold it down for 3 seconds to begin the cleaning cycle.

2. Run a cleaning cycle using your Epson printer utilities program. In Windows, go to "Start," "Printers and Faxes," right-click on your printer and choose "Printing Preferences." Select the "Utility" or "Maintenance" tab, depending on your printer model, and click "Head Cleaning." When the head cleaning cycle is complete, run "Nozzle Check." Repeat the head cleaning and nozzle check one to three times.

3. To access the Epson printer utility in OS X, select the Epson Printer Utility icon in the Applications folder in Macintosh HD. If prompted, select your printer from the Printer List, then click "OK."

Clean the print head manually. Remove the ink cartridges from your printer according to the instructions in your owner's manual. Turn off your printer. Dip a cotton swab in isopropyl alcohol, ammonia or hot water and rub the swab against the print head. Let the printer sit overnight.

Remove the print head according to the instructions in your owner's manual. Soak the print head for at least an hour in a small dish of hot water or isopropyl alcohol.

Preventing Clogged Print Heads

1. Use your printer at least once a week. Regular use will keep dried ink from clogging your print heads. If you have a color inkjet printer, print full color pages in addition to black-and-white documents.

2. Turn your printer off when not in use. This will prevent warm ink from bleeding onto the print head. If you have to store your printer, remove the ink cartridges.

3. Use a cleaning kit regularly. A cleaning kit usually includes a tube of ammonia that you spray on the printer head to clean dry ink.

Evaluate
the clean test page. Different printers produce different pages, but
you should recognize elements from the examples below on your test page.
In general, cartridge and printer problems are indicated by streaks,
missing colors, or wrong colors.

Examples from a good printer and cartridges (your test page may not look exactly like this):
Figure 1: Solid colors that match color dots on cartridge labelFigure 2: Pattern unbroken, or broken in only a few places

If your test page looks more like the good examples above than the bad
examples shown in the next two sections below, the printer and
cartridges are probably not causing the problem.
Click here to continue troubleshooting
.

Examples
from a failing printer or cartridges - colors do not match the color
dots on the cartridge label (Note: do not compare the test page colors
to the colors of the examples on this web page. Your monitor may not
display the colors properly).
If your test page looks like these examples, you probably have a cartridge in which the inks have mixed.
Click here to continue troubleshooting
.

goto printer properties and under the utility tab, print the nozzle check print out to see which color is missing.. if your picture is only in Cyan color, most probably your Yellow and Megenta is clogged.. try doing the print head cleaning and see if there is any improvement to your print out.

Hi,
First of all please check the ink level. If it is not finished try followings:

First try to run a cleaning cycle. To do that:
- Load paper in the paper tray.
- Access printer utilities. (Right click your printer icon, select printing preferences and click the utility tab to access printer utilities)
- Click the nozzle check icon.
- Print to check it.
Then click the clean button to clean the print head.
- Try it a few times.
İf it doesn't help you can try to run power cleaning cycle.
But it uses much ink. There must be enough ink in the cartridge.
Hope this helps.

- System Preferences- Print & Fax - Select Epson Stylus Photo 2200 - Open Print Queue- In the top right corner of the Queue window click the Utility button- Epson Printer Utility will open where you can check the levels and run cleanings and nozzle checks, etc.

If you go to start menu, control panel, printers, right click your printer there is the option to print test page. In the upper left should be the windows logo in color. If you don't have that and you know you've removed the protective tape for the bottom of the color cartridges and when doing the nozzle checks "you have color?", then you probably need to reinstall your printer driver.

Is your printer connected via a USB cable, a thin cable with a flat connector at the PC and a square connector at the printer. Then, let me know. Send me your printer model from the back of the printer model sticker and I'll send you the instructions and a link to the current driver as well as a program link to download a system registry clean up utility that's free to use and can clean up from an uninstall of your printer.